Publications Effectivity Sheet

API 570, Piping Inspector Certification Exam

For Exam Administration: December 7, 2005
Listed below are the effective editions of the publications required for the December 7, 2005 Examination.

API Standard 570, Piping Inspection Code: Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Rerating of In-Service Piping Systems, 2nd
Edition, October 1998, Addenda 1, 2 and 3 (August 2003)
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API Recommended Practice 571, Damage mechanisms Affecting fixed equipment in the refining industry, 1st Edition,
December 2003
Global Engineering Product Code API CERT 571
ATTENTION: Only the following mechanisms listed in RP 571 to be included:
Par. 4.2.7 Brittle Fracture
4.2.9 Thermal Fatigue
4.2.14 Erosion/Erosion Corrosion
4.2.16 Mechanical Fatigue
4.2.17 Vibration-Induced Fatigue
4.3.2 Atmospheric Corrosion
4.3.3 Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
4.3.5 Boiler Water Condensate Corrosion
4.3.7 Flue Gas Dew Point Corrosion
4.3.8 Microbiological Induced Corrosion (MIC)
4.3.9 Soil Corrosion
4.4.2 Sulfidation
4.5.1 Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking (Cl-SCC)
4.5.3 Caustic Stress corrosion Cracking (Caustic Embrittlement)
5.1.3.1 High Temperature Hydrogen Attack (HTTA)

API Recommended Practice 574, Inspection Practices for Piping System Components, Second Edition, June 1998.
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API Recommended Practice 577 Welding Inspection and Metallurgy, 1st edition, October 2004.

Global Engineering Product Code API CERT 577

API Recommended Practice 578, Material Verification Program for New and Existing Alloy Piping Systems,1st
Edition, May 1999
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, 2001 edition with 2002 and
2003 addenda
ASME Section V, Nondestructive Examination, Articles 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 23(Section SE-797 only).
Section IX, Welding and Brazing Qualifications, Welding only

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

i. B16.5, Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings, 2003 Edition
ii. B31.3, Process Piping, 2002 Edition
Global Engineering Product Code for the ASME package API CERT 570 ASME. Package includes only the above excerpts
necessary for the exam.
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